The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Kathy Heddy of US.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.Swimming technical manual
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on July 6.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Cynthia Woodhead 4:22.44 Q 2 Tracy Caulkins 4:23.18 Q 3 Anne Jardin 4:23.93 Q 4 Wendy Quirk 4:23.94 Q 5 Andrea Neumayer 4:35.47 Q 6 Maria Perez 4:35.50 Q 7 Monica Ramirez 4:36.26 Q 8 Georgina Osorio 4:38.14 Q 9 Ana Anchieta 4:38.20 10 Genevieve Hernandez 4:38.52 11 Veronica Espinosa 4:38.84 12 Sonia Acosta 4:39.53 13 Maria Vieira 4:40.17 14 Julia Vicioso 5:01.75
Final The final was held on July 6. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Cynthia Woodhead 4:10.56 NR, GR Tracy Caulkins 4:16.13 Wendy Quirk 4:17.34 4 Anne Jardin 4:25.45 5 Andrea Neumayer 4:28.39 NR 6 Maria Perez 4:36.86 7 Monica Ramirez 4:37.18 8 Georgina Osorio 4:38.74
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